Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2011
Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity, October 2011
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Not in
Characteristic noninsti- Employed Unemployed labor
tutional Percent of force
population Total population
Total Percent of Number Rate
population
Total, 16 to 24 years................... 38,276 21,386 55.9 17,932 46.8 3,454 16.2 16,890
Enrolled in school..................... 22,403 8,744 39.0 7,501 33.5 1,243 14.2 13,659
Enrolled in high school (1)........... 9,618 2,116 22.0 1,582 16.5 534 25.2 7,502
Men.................................. 5,010 976 19.5 704 14.1 272 27.9 4,034
Women................................ 4,608 1,140 24.7 878 19.1 262 23.0 3,468
White................................ 7,232 1,764 24.4 1,365 18.9 399 22.6 5,468
Black or African American............ 1,598 263 16.5 161 10.1 102 38.8 1,334
Asian................................ 372 37 10.0 28 7.6 9 (2) 335
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 1,981 300 15.1 192 9.7 108 36.1 1,681
Enrolled in college................... 12,785 6,628 51.8 5,919 46.3 709 10.7 6,158
Enrolled in 2-year college........... 3,685 2,252 61.1 1,941 52.7 311 13.8 1,433
Enrolled in 4-year college........... 9,101 4,375 48.1 3,977 43.7 398 9.1 4,725
Full-time students................... 10,908 5,043 46.2 4,508 41.3 534 10.6 5,866
Part-time students................... 1,877 1,585 84.4 1,410 75.1 174 11.0 292
Men.................................. 6,061 3,028 50.0 2,671 44.1 356 11.8 3,033
Women................................ 6,725 3,600 53.5 3,247 48.3 353 9.8 3,125
White................................ 9,970 5,435 54.5 4,911 49.3 524 9.6 4,536
Black or African American............ 1,670 736 44.1 619 37.1 117 15.9 934
Asian................................ 772 261 33.8 223 28.9 38 14.5 511
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 2,112 1,088 51.5 926 43.9 162 14.9 1,023
Not enrolled in school................. 15,873 12,642 79.6 10,431 65.7 2,212 17.5 3,231
16 to 19 years........................ 2,855 1,930 67.6 1,384 48.5 546 28.3 925
20 to 24 years........................ 13,018 10,713 82.3 9,047 69.5 1,666 15.5 2,305
Men................................... 8,352 7,080 84.8 5,790 69.3 1,290 18.2 1,273
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,532 1,131 73.8 907 59.3 223 19.7 401
High school graduates, no college (3) 3,990 3,348 83.9 2,574 64.5 774 23.1 642
Some college or associate degree..... 1,971 1,772 89.9 1,559 79.1 213 12.0 199
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 859 828 96.4 749 87.2 79 9.5 31
Women................................. 7,521 5,563 74.0 4,641 61.7 922 16.6 1,958
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,222 697 57.0 480 39.3 217 31.2 525
High school graduates, no college (3) 2,986 2,042 68.4 1,654 55.4 389 19.0 943
Some college or associate degree..... 2,073 1,682 81.1 1,457 70.3 225 13.4 392
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 1,240 1,142 92.1 1,051 84.7 92 8.0 98
White................................. 12,265 9,935 81.0 8,414 68.6 1,521 15.3 2,330
Black or African American............. 2,467 1,838 74.5 1,315 53.3 523 28.5 630
Asian................................. 467 353 75.7 300 64.2 53 15.1 114
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.......... 3,600 2,834 78.7 2,309 64.1 525 18.5 766
1 Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not
presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Because of rounding, sums of
individual items may not equal totals. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.